Percentage of people who answered “a lot” or “some” to the question: How much do you, personally, know about science? Do you know a lot, some, not much, or nothing at all?

Country
United States 83.4%
Norway 81.7%
Turkmenistan 79.7%
Denmark 76.8%
France 75.2%
Luxembourg 74.8%
Northern Cyprus 73.7%
Canada 73.2%
Sweden 73.0%
Armenia 72.6%
Spain 72.3%
Belarus 72.0%
Germany 72.0%
Switzerland 71.2%
Slovenia 70.6%
Belgium 69.7%
Ukraine 69.3%
United Kingdom 68.1%
Finland 67.3%
Poland 66.6%
Azerbaijan 66.4%
Portugal 65.5%
Iran 65.3%
Australia 64.6%
Kenya 64.5%
Montenegro 64.4%
Hungary 63.2%
Estonia 62.9%
New Zealand 62.6%
United Arab Emirates 62.5%
Moldova 62.3%
Sri Lanka 62.2%
Turkey 61.5%
Singapore 61.4%
Netherlands 61.3%
Lebanon 61.1%
Iceland 61.0%
Malta 61.0%
Cyprus 60.8%
Croatia 60.3%
Ireland 59.9%
Cameroon 59.3%
Mauritius 58.6%
Saudi Arabia 58.5%
Russia 58.4%
Palestinian Territories 58.0%
Uganda 57.6%
Austria 57.6%
Jordan 57.6%
Ivory Coast 57.4%
Chad 57.0%
Serbia 57.0%
Georgia 56.9%
Tajikistan 56.1%
Philippines 55.6%
Iraq 55.3%
Benin 55.1%
Kuwait 54.6%
Lithuania 54.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.3%
Algeria 54.2%
Kazakhstan 53.4%
Gabon 53.1%
Ghana 52.7%
Nepal 52.2%
Kyrgyzstan 51.8%
Peru 51.0%
Romania 50.9%
Macedonia 50.9%
Dominican Republic 50.8%
Uzbekistan 50.7%
Libya 50.6%
Republic of Congo 50.5%
Malaysia 50.5%
Haiti 50.2%
Zambia 49.7%
Slovakia 49.7%
Bolivia 49.1%
Namibia 48.7%
Tunisia 48.7%
Bangladesh 47.6%
South Korea 47.5%
Guinea 47.3%
Tanzania 47.2%
Burkina Faso 47.2%
Italy 47.1%
Kosovo 47.1%
India 47.0%
Zimbabwe 46.9%
Czech Republic 46.7%
Taiwan 45.6%
Ethiopia 45.1%
Israel 45.0%
Panama 44.8%
Latvia 44.7%
Nicaragua 44.3%
Togo 44.3%
Morocco 43.7%
Bulgaria 43.7%
Argentina 43.4%
Mali 42.8%
Uruguay 42.8%
Afghanistan 42.3%
Costa Rica 42.1%
Venezuela 41.7%
Ecuador 41.7%
Liberia 41.6%
Mexico 41.3%
Nigeria 41.1%
Chile 41.0%
Mauritania 40.7%
Egypt 40.3%
Botswana 39.5%
Comoros 39.4%
Senegal 39.3%
Mongolia 39.3%
Greece 39.0%
Burundi 38.4%
Colombia 38.3%
Mozambique 38.2%
Pakistan 37.8%
Albania 37.2%
Indonesia 36.9%
Paraguay 36.4%
Thailand 36.2%
Japan 35.8%
El Salvador 35.5%
Honduras 34.9%
Yemen 34.8%
Guatemala 33.9%
Madagascar 33.5%
South Africa 33.1%
Eswatini 31.5%
Laos 30.2%
Myanmar 29.8%
Cambodia 28.2%
Brazil 28.0%
Niger 27.2%
The Gambia 23.8%
Sierra Leone 23.1%
Vietnam 22.7%
Malawi 22.5%
China 21.6%
Rwanda 12.0%
Flash Facts

Americans had the highest percentage of respondents who perceived themselves as being knowledgeable about science (~83%); however, around 10% of respondents disagreed on the safety of vaccines and about 5% of respondents disputed vaccines’ effectiveness.

Flash Facts

Surveyed respondents from Egypt expressed some of the least disbelief in the effectiveness (~0.5%) and safety (~0.3%) amongst all respondents. This stands in stark contrast to the United States.

Country Region safe effective
United States Americas 0.101729400 0.049847406
Egypt Africa 0.003021148 0.005035247
Morocco Africa 0.032719836 0.040899796
Lebanon Middle East 0.032258065 0.012096774
Saudi Arabia Middle East 0.043112513 0.037854890
Jordan Middle East 0.031600408 0.025484200
Turkey Middle East 0.065388952 0.033821871
Pakistan Asia 0.047493404 0.048812665
Indonesia Asia 0.057803468 0.117052023
Bangladesh Asia 0.008146640 0.004073320
United Kingdom Europe 0.080578512 0.025826446
France Europe 0.317574512 0.159301131
Germany Europe 0.143611404 0.038014784
Netherlands Europe 0.184119678 0.120828539
Belgium Europe 0.214893617 0.056382979
Spain Europe 0.054655870 0.046558704
Italy Europe 0.136226034 0.049445005
Poland Former Soviet Union 0.060254925 0.042873696
Hungary Former Soviet Union 0.025078370 0.014629049
Czech Republic Former Soviet Union 0.061475410 0.026639344
Romania Former Soviet Union 0.109473684 0.051578947
Sweden Europe 0.108850458 0.025432350
Greece Europe 0.041237113 0.024742268
Denmark Europe 0.089770355 0.043841336
Iran Middle East 0.083155650 0.020255864
Singapore Asia 0.028368794 0.022458629
Japan Asia 0.081654295 0.028632025
China Asia 0.078598485 0.029356061
India Asia 0.020779221 0.018923933
Venezuela Americas 0.037861915 0.022271715
Brazil Americas 0.092729189 0.066385669
Mexico Americas 0.067849687 0.054279749
Nigeria Africa 0.060606061 0.167272727
Kenya Africa 0.047097481 0.074479737
Tanzania Africa 0.018162393 0.035256410
Israel Middle East 0.047047047 0.017017017
Palestinian Territories Middle East 0.027411168 0.019289340
Ghana Africa 0.039215686 0.046218487
Uganda Africa 0.087320574 0.129186603
Benin Africa 0.150497512 0.078358209
Madagascar Africa 0.107142857 0.057142857
Malawi Africa 0.028280543 0.018099548
South Africa Africa 0.087470449 0.113475177
Canada Americas 0.083753784 0.062563068
Australia Asia 0.060081466 0.032586558
Philippines Asia 0.142245989 0.098395722
Sri Lanka Asia 0.071354705 0.028955533
Vietnam Asia 0.090702948 0.031746032
Thailand Asia 0.028169014 0.023047375
Cambodia Asia 0.053167421 0.018099548
Laos Asia 0.020676692 0.009398496
Myanmar Asia 0.036885246 0.022540984
New Zealand Asia 0.093429158 0.060574949
Botswana Africa 0.092233010 0.041262136
Ethiopia Africa 0.030832477 0.015416238
Mali Africa 0.161603888 0.054678007
Mauritania Africa 0.102747909 0.046594982
Mozambique Africa 0.052801724 0.095905172
Niger Africa 0.073407202 0.040166205
Rwanda Africa 0.017857143 0.008333333
Senegal Africa 0.142690058 0.095906433
Zambia Africa 0.085967130 0.097345133
South Korea Asia 0.069082673 0.021517554
Taiwan Asia 0.189516129 0.068548387
Afghanistan Asia 0.045317221 0.019133938
Belarus Former Soviet Union 0.154078550 0.099697885
Georgia Asia 0.092378753 0.046189376
Kazakhstan Asia 0.110871905 0.058127018
Kyrgyzstan Asia 0.094316808 0.078597340
Moldova Former Soviet Union 0.112526539 0.080679406
Russia Former Soviet Union 0.234239130 0.122282609
Ukraine Former Soviet Union 0.159282700 0.078059072
Burkina Faso Africa 0.211943794 0.090163934
Cameroon Africa 0.153439153 0.089947090
Sierra Leone Africa 0.041758242 0.046153846
Zimbabwe Africa 0.040632054 0.019187359
Costa Rica Americas 0.051255230 0.046025105
Albania Europe 0.153846154 0.084023669
Algeria Africa 0.106951872 0.078074866
Argentina Americas 0.046680498 0.033195021
Armenia Asia 0.207525656 0.131128848
Austria Europe 0.209932280 0.111738149
Azerbaijan Asia 0.107960742 0.082878953
Bolivia Americas 0.122844828 0.077586207
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 0.079089924 0.058504875
Bulgaria Former Soviet Union 0.154175589 0.074946467
Burundi Africa 0.058568330 0.031453362
Chad Africa 0.115020298 0.086603518
Chile Americas 0.114503817 0.066521265
Colombia Americas 0.100108814 0.072905332
Comoros Africa 0.084444444 0.026666667
Republic of Congo Africa 0.184243964 0.039390089
Croatia Europe 0.073684211 0.045263158
Cyprus Europe 0.078296703 0.046703297
Dominican Republic Americas 0.040201005 0.022613065
Ecuador Americas 0.058441558 0.064935065
El Salvador Americas 0.115342764 0.079434168
Estonia Europe 0.127705628 0.062770563
Finland Europe 0.077386935 0.041206030
Gabon Africa 0.269151139 0.112836439
Guatemala Americas 0.075739645 0.067455621
Guinea Africa 0.154121864 0.072879331
Haiti Americas 0.212276215 0.094629156
Honduras Americas 0.057522124 0.050884956
Iceland Europe 0.212809917 0.014462810
Iraq Middle East 0.045348837 0.036046512
Ireland Europe 0.079581152 0.034554974
Ivory Coast Africa 0.180540541 0.080000000
Kuwait Middle East 0.039908780 0.026225770
Latvia Europe 0.169715447 0.099593496
Liberia Africa 0.023379384 0.287991498
Libya Africa 0.071428571 0.046875000
Lithuania Europe 0.079046424 0.038895859
Luxembourg Europe 0.136652542 0.056144068
Macedonia Europe 0.125263158 0.076842105
Malaysia Asia 0.029459902 0.045826514
Malta Europe 0.067524116 0.050375134
Mauritius Africa 0.163580247 0.049382716
Mongolia Asia 0.150641026 0.054487179
Montenegro Europe 0.131216931 0.071957672
Namibia Africa 0.109737249 0.159196291
Nepal Asia 0.039719626 0.068925234
Nicaragua Americas 0.028846154 0.036324786
Norway Europe 0.061936937 0.028153153
Panama Americas 0.049653580 0.055427252
Paraguay Americas 0.070374574 0.073779796
Peru Americas 0.175704989 0.151843818
Portugal Europe 0.049494949 0.083838384
Serbia Europe 0.080578512 0.045454545
Slovakia Former Soviet Union 0.055180180 0.022522523
Slovenia Europe 0.118101545 0.078366446
Eswatini Africa 0.103938731 0.072210066
Switzerland Europe 0.224554040 0.091290661
Tajikistan Asia 0.013001083 0.009750813
The Gambia Africa 0.050847458 0.050847458
Togo Africa 0.247560976 0.102439024
Tunisia Africa 0.046822742 0.031215162
Turkmenistan Asia 0.042334096 0.048054920
United Arab Emirates Middle East 0.045103093 0.037371134
Uruguay Americas 0.096875000 0.067708333
Uzbekistan Asia 0.035203520 0.013201320
Yemen Middle East 0.035282258 0.036290323
Kosovo Not assigned 0.057734205 0.054466231
Northern Cyprus Not assigned 0.041000000 0.016000000

Proportion of people who believed vaccines are safe.

Country Vaccine Belief
Asia
Bangladesh 97.7%
India 95.8%
Afghanistan 94.2%
Thailand 93.1%
Uzbekistan 92.3%
Myanmar 92.1%
Laos 92.1%
Tajikistan 91.1%
Nepal 90.9%
Malaysia 90.2%
Cambodia 89.8%
Turkmenistan 87.4%
Pakistan 86.7%
Sri Lanka 86.6%
Australia 85.2%
Indonesia 84.4%
Philippines 78.0%
Singapore 75.3%
Mongolia 74.8%
New Zealand 74.6%
China 74.1%
Vietnam 73.0%
Kyrgyzstan 71.2%
Georgia 68.6%
Azerbaijan 63.5%
Taiwan 53.9%
South Korea 51.8%
Kazakhstan 44.2%
Armenia 43.6%
Japan 34.4%
Middle East
Palestinian Territories 92.1%
Jordan 90.8%
Iraq 89.7%
Kuwait 86.9%
Lebanon 85.0%
Yemen 84.7%
United Arab Emirates 83.5%
Saudi Arabia 82.4%
Turkey 79.6%
Israel 75.6%
Iran 68.0%
Americas
Nicaragua 93.5%
Venezuela 92.3%
Dominican Republic 90.8%
Mexico 88.5%
Honduras 88.3%
Argentina 87.1%
Costa Rica 87.1%
Panama 86.4%
Guatemala 86.3%
Ecuador 84.7%
Colombia 81.7%
Brazil 81.1%
El Salvador 77.4%
Paraguay 77.2%
Canada 76.6%
United States 75.8%
Bolivia 75.2%
Chile 75.1%
Uruguay 74.0%
Haiti 70.1%
Peru 69.8%
Africa
Egypt 97.1%
Liberia 96.5%
Ethiopia 95.7%
Tanzania 95.6%
Rwanda 94.2%
Sierra Leone 92.9%
Malawi 92.8%
Kenya 90.8%
Mozambique 89.9%
Nigeria 89.2%
Burundi 88.5%
Comoros 87.9%
The Gambia 87.3%
Ghana 86.4%
Zimbabwe 85.9%
Niger 85.2%
Madagascar 84.4%
Uganda 84.3%
Namibia 83.9%
Zambia 81.7%
Chad 81.2%
South Africa 81.1%
Botswana 80.8%
Benin 80.6%
Morocco 78.9%
Tunisia 78.3%
Guinea 78.3%
Libya 78.2%
Ivory Coast 75.9%
Eswatini 74.9%
Republic of Congo 73.8%
Mauritania 73.7%
Senegal 73.0%
Cameroon 72.4%
Mali 69.7%
Burkina Faso 67.9%
Algeria 64.9%
Mauritius 61.0%
Gabon 60.8%
Togo 53.8%
Europe
Spain 82.5%
Norway 82.1%
Portugal 80.5%
Malta 78.3%
United Kingdom 77.4%
Greece 76.9%
Ireland 76.9%
Finland 76.7%
Italy 75.1%
Sweden 72.6%
Slovenia 71.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.9%
Denmark 70.5%
Luxembourg 69.3%
Serbia 67.8%
Netherlands 67.3%
Germany 66.7%
Cyprus 64.1%
Iceland 62.4%
Albania 61.5%
Belgium 60.9%
Croatia 58.0%
Austria 55.8%
Macedonia 55.2%
Lithuania 53.5%
Switzerland 51.9%
France 50.9%
Estonia 48.6%
Montenegro 44.6%
Latvia 44.2%
Former Soviet Union
Hungary 78.9%
Poland 76.4%
Slovakia 74.2%
Czech Republic 65.2%
Romania 64.8%
Russia 43.7%
Moldova 43.0%
Bulgaria 39.4%
Belarus 37.8%
Ukraine 30.2%